Impact of serum troponin measurement on triage of chest pain in a district hospital

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-92

  Conway, Bryan ^a,b   O'Connor, J ^a   McClements, B ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0345328262     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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